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A person has been hit by a bus in Gothenburg, reports the GP.
The alarm came before seven o’clock.
Emergency services and an ambulance are on site.
– We are there and assist the ambulance. The person was taken out from under the bus, says Mats Gränsmark at the rescue service to the newspaper.
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More cases of suspected human trafficking detected
Over 500 cases of suspected human trafficking were identified by the Swedish Migration Agency last year.
That is a doubling compared to the year before, reports TT.
The increase is largely due to two cases involving a large number of people, according to the Swedish Migration Agency.
One case concerns suspected labor exploitation, the other concerns applications for work permits where a risk of exploitation was suspected.
It often concerns industries with high staff turnover.
– The construction industry – construction and construction stand out in principle every year, but also the restaurant, cleaning and forestry industry, says Lisa Knutas, central coordinator against human trafficking.
Authorities sound the alarm: Contribution crimes are increasing
Sweden’s six largest subsidy authorities reported 11,300 suspected subsidy crimes to the police and stopped incorrect payments of SEK 1.8 billion in 2022, reports South Sweden.
There are 15 percent more suspected grant violations than the year before. Försäkringskassan detects the largest number of welfare violations. The number of police reports increased by 38 percent.
Arbetsförmedlingen, CSN and the Pensions Authority also reported more and more.
Mitch McConnell hospitalized
Republican Mitch McConnell, minority leader in the US Senate, is hospitalized after a fall at a hotel on Wednesday, Reuters reports.
McConnell’s spokesman says he is now being treated in hospital, AP writes.
The extent of the damage is unclear.
Night bombings in Ukraine
Kharkiv and Odessa, both the cities and the regions, have been bombed last night, the AFP news agency reports, citing local authorities.
“The enemy has attacked about 15 times in the city and the region,” said Kharkiv Governor Oleh Synjehubov on social media.
According to Synjehubov, the attacks have been directed at important infrastructure facilities.
Odessa Governor Maksym Martjenko says “robots have hit the region’s energy infrastructure and have also damaged residential buildings” during “a massive attack”. (TT)
Prisoner at Guantánamo released after 21 years
A man who was detained in Guantánamo Bay for 21 years, suspected of collusion with the terrorist movement al-Qaeda, has been released to his home country of Saudi Arabia, the US military announced.
Ghassan al-Sharbi, now 48 years old, was arrested in Pakistan in March 2002. He was accused of having trained in explosives skills at a training camp set up by al-Qaeda.
The United States dropped the charges against al-Sharbi in 2008. No reason was given as to why it was dropped, but he remained in custody.
The Pentagon has set a number of conditions for the release.
Among other things, it concerns that al-Sharbi should be monitored, have travel restrictions and that Saudi Arabia should share information about him with the United States.
A person shot in an apartment
A person has been shot in an apartment in Tureberg in Sollentuna.
The alarm about the shooting came to the police at 01:33.
Three more people were in the apartment when the police arrived. They are not suspected of crimes in connection with the shooting.
The person shot was awake and able to speak when the police arrived and was taken to hospital by ambulance.
The police have opened a preliminary investigation into attempted murder.
Pretend police conned elderly people out of money
A man who pretended to be a police officer and cheated the elderly out of money has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison, the police say.
The man, who is in his 30s, called older people in the Stockholm area and said he was a police officer. He claimed that someone tried to make purchases using the elderly’s personal information and then visited their homes.
There, on five occasions, the claimants gave up their bank card and code. The fraudster then withdrew money from ATMs. (TT)
More female power in the Vatican
Pope Francis has significantly increased the female workforce in the Vatican – including in high-ranking positions.
That’s according to statistics from the Vatican and independent surveys published in connection with the Pope marking International Women’s Day on Wednesday.
During Francis’s ten years as pope, the percentage of women working in the Vatican has increased from roughly 19 percent in 2013 to today’s roughly 23 percent, according to Vatican News. (TT)
Australia’s bushfires widened the ozone hole
In 2019-2020, large parts of Australia were damaged by large fires. Photo: Noah Berger/AP
The smoke from the huge forest fires in Australia in 2019-2020 caused the ozone hole over Antarctica to grow by ten percent.
That’s what researchers warn about in a new study published in the journal Nature, writes TT.
During the fires, over a million tons of smoke were pumped into the atmosphere.
The ozone hole was created as a result of human pollution. In recent decades, global agreements have given the ozone layer a chance to heal.
The researchers behind the new study are now worried that more frequent forest fires, as a result of climate change, could slow that recovery.
“Scary cancer” discovered in Sweden
Dreaded crayfish Photo: Jonas Roth/Sea and Water Authority
It is not only bigger and stronger than the Swedish crayfish – it is also more aggressive.
Larger marten kill more prey than it eats. Now the invasive species has been discovered in Vättern’s beach zone, writes TT.
When the predatory marl invades, several local species often decline sharply, or disappear. It has already caused concern in Britain and Germany.
“The probability that it will spread around large parts of Lake Vättern within a few years is unfortunately high,” says Ulf Bjelke, limnologist at the SLU Artdata Bank in a press release.
Eradicating the animal is considered impossible – however, it is possible to avoid spreading to other waters.
“Make sure your fishing gear and bath toys are dry and clean before using them in another body of water,” says Lina Tomasson, coordinator for invasive alien species at the Norwegian Sea and Water Authority.
New information on killed Ukrainian soldier
There has now been new information about the identity of the Ukrainian soldier who was filmed when he was shot dead by Russians.
Media around the world reported on the event.
The soldier was initially identified as Timofey Shadura.
But now comes new information. According to Ukrainian media should the executed soldier be Oleksandr Matsievskyi.
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We who live in Eriksberg/Gothenburg didn’t hear Hesa Fredrik?
Carol
If you can usually hear the signal, but did not hear it this Monday, you should contact your municipal rescue service. They are responsible for operation, maintenance and testing of the system!
Why does your reporter write that one of the convicted perpetrators in the “bathhouse assault” in Lund is a “Swedish rapper”?
Don’t you understand that this provokes us readers, and further stokes xenophobia, as it indicates that you think certain groups must be protected?
Call a spade a spade!
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Nah, don’t really understand Knixen, what’s provocative about that?
And what on earth does that have to do with xenophobia?
“Rap” is a way of vocalizing to music rhythms. Here you can read more about it.
But for seventeen thugs: Are there neither journalists nor proofreaders anymore?
In the article “Erik, 49, was abused in front of his children – two men are sentenced” it is written that the sentence is a mockery, the victim had expected at least four to six years in prison. But nowhere is it mentioned what the verdict was. Two years? Six months? Nobody knows, because Aftonbladet’s so-called journalists can no longer write.
Arvid
Hi Arvid! Both men were sentenced to one year and nine months in prison each.
Here is a link to the text.
Hi, why aren’t people born abroad who have committed crimes in Sweden deported?
Food
All Swedish citizens have a constitutionally protected right to stay in Sweden and therefore cannot be deported.
Here you can read more about how it works.
Where can you see Aftonbladet’s leaflets during e.g. spring and summer 2022?
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The paper magazine is also available as an e-magazine, for plus subscribers. Here is a link.
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